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US Secretary of State John Kerry (File photo)
US identifies priority areas to help Caribbean economies grow

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, has identified what he regarded as three priority areas in which the Obama administration would like the economies of

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Ninth UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum   “Building a Stronger Partnership for Sustainable…
  1. The Ninth UK Caribbean Ministerial Forum was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas, on 29-30 April 2016.
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Minister in the Ministry of Education, Guyana, the Hon. Nicolette Henry
‘Become the next big thing’ – Min. Nicolette Henry challenges girls

Girls and women across the Region have been challenged to become the next “big thing” in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

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Suriname and St Vincent and the Grenadines human rights records to be reviewed

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The human rights records of both Suriname and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) were due to be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Wor

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Food safety chemist at Matis Laboratory discusses monitoring procedures with CARIFORUM professionals
Building Caribbean resources to ensure safe seafood and protect and grow fisheries exports

Caribbean countries have a living bank of marine resources from which they collectively cash out hundreds of millions of dollars a year to support emerging national economies by providing good jobs

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The new varieties on display on Friday morning (Photo via Dominica News Online)
Black Sigatoka tolerant bananas harvested in Dominica

The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, has successfully harvested in Dominica types of banana and plantain, which

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DR Edward Green UN Envoy on HIV AIDS and Prime Minster DR Timothy Harrisher
UN Envoy Briefs CARICOM’S Lead Prime Minister On HIV/AIDS

By Valencia Grant – CNS Contributor

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Paris Agreement on Climate Change
CARICOM bloc signs and 5 member states ratify historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Fourteen CARICOM nations, with only the exclusion of Montserrat, a British overseas territory, have joined 160 countries and the European Union in signing the historic Paris Agreement on Friday, Ap

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- Minister for Grand Bahama Dr. Michael Darville, left, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell at a press briefing Wednesday to announced the staging of the 9th UK-Caribbean Forum in Grand Bahama April 29-30,
9th UK-Caribbean forum opens in Grand Bahama

Freeport, Bahamas – Prime Minister Perry Christie is expected to officially open the 9th United Kingdom-Caribbean Forum in Grand Bahama tonight signaling what is expected to be two days of exhausti

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(From left: CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas; Rt. Hon. Phillip Hammond, Foreign Secretary of the UK, prior to the start of the meeting on Saturday in Freeport, Bahamas
CARICOM-UK Forum frank and cordial

Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary ended two sessions of “frank and cordial” talks in Freeport, The Bahamas at the Ninth Caribbean UK Fo

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CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, PhD., addresses the opening ceremony of the Girls in ICT event.
ICT workforce without women, girls unthinkable – CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General

Opening Remarks Deputy Secretary General, Caricom Amb. Dr. Manorma Soeknandan At The Workshop To Mark ‘girls In Ict Day’ 28 April 2016 Arthur Chung Conference Centre Guyana

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Head Table: Chair of the Regional Coordinating Committee on Climate Change (RCCC) and Minister of Sustainable Development in St. Lucia Dr. Jimmy Fletcher (right) and Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) Dr. Kenr
Region continues climate change planning

The Caribbean Community continues to plan the way forward following the recent signing of the

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St. Kitts and Nevis CYAs celebrate Girls in ICT Day 2016

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (SKNIS): St.

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Engaging women in ICT is ‘smart economics’ – Minister Catherine Hughes

Given the scope and importance of information and communication technology (ICT) to the growth and development of CARICOM, women and girls were Thursday encouraged and empowered to enter and excel

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Energy, Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, addresses a Girls in Information and Communication and Technology (ICT) Day seminar and workshop, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, today (April 28).  (Photo: Donald Delahaye)
Technology Minister Wants More Females in ICT

Energy, Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, is underscoring the need for greater female involvement in the field of information and communication technology (ICT).

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